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I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up.
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"I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up."
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I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up. — Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren was a Actress from United Kingdom (1945–present).

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Who said "I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to…"?
This quote is attributed to Helen Mirren, a Actress from United Kingdom.
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Helen Mirren lived from 1945 – present.
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